Eyeglass-mounting.



G. A. BAUER.

EYEGLASS MOUNTING.

APPLECATION FILED JUNE 7, 1916.

1.21 9,422. Patented Mar. 20, 1917.

GUSTAV A. BADER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

EYEGLASS-IVIOUNTING.

Application filed June 7, 1916,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GUSTAV A. BADER, acitizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the countyof Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Eyeglass- Mountings, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to eyeglass mountings, and moreparticularly to the type in which the guards are arranged on levers andare pressed toward the nose by springs, an object of this inventionbeing to improve the construction shown in my former Patent No. 957,925,granted May 17, 1910, reissued Sept. 20, 1910, No. 13,151, by making theguards adjustable on the levers without affecting the action of thesprings which move the guards toward the nose and also swing the upperends of the guards inwardly.

To this and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts andcombinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter described, thenovel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of an eyeglass mountingembodying the present improvements;

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the mounting, one side of the mounting beingshown in section on the line a-a, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 6-7), Fig. l; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the spring employed in this mounting.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, A indicates the lenseswhich are connected by a support comprising a central bridging portion1, lens attaching devices 2 and horizontal portions 3 between the endsof the bridging portion and the lens attaching devices. The mounting ofeach guard is the same so that only one of them will be described.

From each horizontal portion 3 a pivot pin 4 extends, said pinpreferably having a head 5 at its upper end and being formed with a slot6. On this pivot pin 4 the guard lever 7 turns, the pin preferablyprojecting from the upper side of the support and the guard leverresting on the upper surface of said support. At the forward end, theguard lever is provided with a finger piece 8, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 26, 1917.

Serial No. 102,241.

at its rear end the guard is mounted to turn about an axis at an angleto the axis about which the lever turns.

The guard preferably has a lower nose bearing portion 9 and an uppernose bearing portion 10. Between the nose bearing portion, an armextends from the guard, this arm preferably being formed of pliablemetal of fiat stock, the stock being rolled flatwise to form ahorizontal adjustable loop 11, one arm of which connects with the guardand the other arm of which connects with one arm of a loop 12 whichopens downwardly, the other arm of said loop 12 being connected with therear end of the guard lever in a manner to be described hereinafter. Theloop 11 permits the guard to be adjusted inwardly and outwardly, andforwardly and rearwardly, while the loop 12 permits the guard to beadjusted vertically for the purpose of adapting the guard to the nose ofa wearer.

The connection between the arm of the guard and the guard carrying leverpreferably comprises an upwardly opening loop 13 depending from the rearend of the lever 7 and having the depending portion 14 on the loop 12received therein and pivoted thereto by a pivot pin 15 which extendsthrough the two arms of the looped or U- shaped portion 13 and thedepending portion 14. Stops 16 on said depending portion 1& are adaptedto cooperate with the bottom of the looped portion 13 to limit the movement of the guard about the pivot 15.

A coil spring 16 preferably volute in form may surround the pivot pin 4above the guard lever and may have one of its ends 17 received withinthe slot 6 and its other end 18 engaging the arm 1% of the loop 12 abovethe pivot 15 so as to hold the upper nose bearing portion 10 inwardly.

An eyeglass mounting constructed in accordance with this invention isnot liable to fall off the nose due to the lower nose bearing padslipping on the nose, because the upper pads are pressed inwardly by thesprings which also swing the guard levers on their pivots. These springsconnect with the guards at such points that the guards may be adjustedforwardly and rearwardly, upwardly and downwardly, or inwardly andoutwardly with reference to the guard levers, without affecting theactions of the springs. The arrangement of the parts is such that themounting is inconspicuous when viewed from the front, most of theoperating parts lying in rear of the support.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. An eyeglass mounting comprising a support, a guard lever pivotedthereon, a guard having an arm formed with an adjustable loop andpivoted to said guard lever to turn about an axis at an angle to theturning axis of the guard lever, and a spring coiled about the axis ofturning of the guard lever and having an arm engaging the guard armabove its pivot and in front of the adjustable loop so as to turn theupper portion of the guard inwardly as the guard lever is swung inwardlyat its rear end;

2. An eyeglass mounting comprising a sup port, a guard lever pivoted tothe upper side of the support and having a portion depending in rear ofthe support, a guard having an upper and a lower nose engaging pad and alooped arm proceeding horizontally therefrom and provided with adepending PO11? GUSTAV A. BADEB,

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Washington, D. G. r

